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Are you ready to become
the next entrepreneur?

Join the Lab2Market programme, build your team and start your business today!

Lab2Market is a one year programme, divided into three continuous phases. It gives future entrepreneurs the knowledge, skills and connections required to start new businesses, create new jobs and commercialise new technologies that will generate impact on the raw materials value chain.

#1 Ideation | Feb – April

Start with ideation and building your team

Learn what it takes to become an entrepreneur and how to create a startup. Identify some challenges in the raw materials sector and generate innovative ideas to solve them. Through virtual sessions and team building exercises you’ll learn how to find co-founders and how to build a solid team.

#2 Start-up Development | May – June

Work on your ideas and develop a solid pitch deck

This intense, two month phase consists of mentoring and bootcamp training sessions where you get to work on your idea. You’ll learn how to validate customer needs, assess market size and develop a go-to-market strategy. Identifying regulations and other specific criteria for technical and market entrance will also be covered. The aim is to create a complete business plan and a pitch deck to present in the final pitching event.

#3 Incubation | June - October

Mentoring and coaching by experts

Participate in the five month incubation phase and incorporate your startup. Put everything you’ve learned into practice and work on developing your business further, all with the help of your mentors, industry experts and EIT’s funding.

Get help to generate ideas and form your team.

Receive guidance to launch a start-up from business experts.

Get hands-on experience to begin your entrepreneurial journey.

Access to EIT RM network and a direct connection with the market.

Phase 1

Duration: Feb – April.

Who can apply:

Application deadline: 31/01.

Cost: Free.

Award: Certificate of participation.

Phase 2

Duration: May – June.

Who can apply:

Application deadline: 19/04.

Cost: Free.

Award: The 4 best pitching teams of the competition will be awarded a 2.500 prize per team as a reward for their engagement and dedication in the programme.

Travel Reimbursement: Teams will receive a specific reimbursement amount to cover travel expenses for attending the pitching competition.

Phase 3

Duration: June – October.

Who can apply:

Cost: Free.
Award: Up to 15 teams will enter Phase 3, with the pre-condition to launch a new start-up, and receive funding from €3.000 up to €17.000 each.

Lab2Market Application Form